Wad for shot shells or cartridges



- Jan. 15, 1924., 1,480,595

C. SQ'BIRD WAD FOR SHOT SHELLS OR CARTRIDGES Filed March 3. 1920 Patented Jan. l5, 1924.

CHARLES S. BIRD, 01E EAST WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WAD FOR SHOT SHELLS OR CARTRIDGES.

Application filed March 3, 1920. Serial No. 363,040.

To all whom it may concern. waterproofed to prevent, to a greater or less 65 Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. Brno, a degree, moisture from reaching the powder citizen of the United States, residing at when the wad is placed in the shell.

East lValpole, in the county of Norfolk and While it is preferred to coat both of the 5 State of lilassachusetts have invented cerexterior faces of'the material from which tain new and useful Improvements in Wads the wad is formed, it is conceivable that only for Shot Shells or Cartridges, of which the one face need be waterproOfed and that such following is a specification. face will be exposed to the cutting action of My present invention pertains to an imthe die so that the die will be lubricated,

10 proved wad for shot shells or cartridges. as above noted, in the act of cutting.

Wads as commonly made for shot shells are It will be understood that while I have produced from so-called felt paper or fibrous shown only two plies of compressible paper,

stock of various characters, being, as a rule, as entering into the body of the wad, that a provided with a facing of paper upon both greater number may be employed. The

1; sides to produce a finish and a surface which number utilized will, of course, be dependis to a certain degree less absorbtive than the ent upon the thickness of the plies and the body. ultimate thickness of the wad which may The present invention has for its object be desired, and likewise the degree of c01nthe production of a wad, which, to a greater pressibility which may be necessary or cle- 20 or less extent, is waterproof, and which, by sirable.

reason of its construction, does away; with hat is claimed is, the necessity of providing the covering faces 1. A wad for shot shells or cartridges of paper. By reason of the construction of comprising a plurality of plies of compresthe paper from which the wads are produced sible paper secured to each other by a suit- 25 the tools which are employed are, to a able adhesive with the external faces of the greater or less extent, lubricated in the act outermost plies waterproofed. of punching or dieing out the wads from the 2. A wad for shot shells or cartridges stock, thus increasing the life of the tools. comprising a plurality of plies of compres- Moreover, the cost of the production ofthe sible paper secured to each other 'by a suit- 30 wad is materially decreased, it being found able adhesive with the external faces of the that a wad produced in accordance with the outermost plies treated with paraffine was. present invention is about one-half the cost 3. A, wad for shot shells or cartridges of producing the old type of wad above recomprising a plurality of plies of compresferred to, sible paper se 'ured to each other by a suit- 35 A wad forming the basis of the present able adhesive with the external faces of the invention is shown in the annexed drawing outermost plies treated with waterproofing the wad being shown in perspective and material of a lubricating nature. wherein it will be noted that it is formed of a. A wad for shot shells and the like,

a plurality of layers or thicknesses of an comprising a body formed of compressible to easily compressible paper, (preferably felt paper with the outermost faces thereof paper), the layers being designated by 1 and parafiined. 2, and secured together by glue or other 5. A wad for shot shells and the like, suitable adhesive. The outermost or exposed comprising a body formed of compressible faces of the two layers will be waterproofed, paper with at least one of its outermost faces as with paraffine wax, or some equivalent waterproofed. waterproofing material which, in addition 6. A wad for shot shells or cartridges comto its waterproofing effect, tends to lubriprising a plurality of plies of compressible cate the die or punch as it is forced through paper secured to each other by a suitable the sheet in the act of cutting out the wads, adhesive, said wad having at least one of its 50 thereby materially prolonging the life of the outermost faces waterproofed.

tool. It has been found in actual tests that In testimony whereof I have signed my the external waterproofing of the outername to this specification.

most faces of the stock from which the wads are cut, produces wads which are sufliciently CHARLES S. BIRD. 

